Cu/Zr-Si-N/Si金属化系统制备及退火气氛对其热稳定性的影响

采用磁控溅射法在n型〈111〉晶向的Si衬底上形成了Zr-Si-N薄膜及Cu/Zr-Si-N/Si金属化系统.将Cu/Zr-Si-N/Si金属化系统样品分别在真空及H2/N2(体积比为1∶9)气氛中800℃退火1h.对Zr-Si-N薄膜和退火后的金属化系统样品进行X射线衍射、X射线光电子能谱、扫描电镜、薄层电阻率及俄歇电子能谱测试与分析.结果表明,Zr-Si-N阻挡层是以ZrN晶体与非晶相Si3N4或其他Si-N化合物的复合结构形式存在.经过两种气氛退火后的样品均没有发生阻挡层失效,但与真空退火相比,H2/N2退火气氛由于不存在残余O2的作用而表现出较低的Cu膜薄层电阻率及较好的Cu/Zr-Si-N/Si界面状态.     

铜(钛)和铜(铬)自形成阻挡层性能表征

采用直流磁控溅射法分别将Cu (Ti)和Cu (Cr)合金层沉积在SiO2/Si衬底上,随后将制得的样品在真空(2×10-3 Pa)中退火1h,退火温度为300 ～ 700℃.对Cu (Ti)及Cu (Cr)自形成阻挡层进行对比研究,通过X射线衍射(XRD)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)和透射电子显微镜(TEM)观察并表征样品的微观结构.通过半导体分析仪测试样品的电学性能,并分析了其热稳定性.结果表明,在Cu膜中分别加入少量的Ti或Cr可使Cu沿〈111〉晶向择优取向生长.两种样品交界面处的Cu及Si元素含量迅速下降,表明在交界面处自形成阻挡层,抑制了Cu与Si元素之间的扩散.Cu (Ti) /SiO2/Si和Cu (Cr) /SiO2/Si样品漏电流测试结果表明,Cr自形成的阻挡层具有更好的热稳定性.     

X射线衍射、X射线光电子能谱对PtSi薄膜形成机理的研究

促使物相尽可能地向Pt2Si和PtSi 转化,是PtSi薄膜工艺研究中的重要工作。文中通过用X射线衍射（ XRD）、X射线光电子能谱（XPS）微观分析手段对PtSi薄膜形成物相分步观察,研究了长时间变温退火、真空退火以及真空和保护气体（N2和H2）退火等工艺条件对溅射PtSi薄膜物相形成的影响。结果表明,氢气气氛退火能提高薄膜质量;真空退火可以减少氧元素对成膜的影响。     

磁控溅射的TaN薄膜的扩散阻挡性能

用反应磁控溅射方法在SiO2/Si(100)衬底和Cu薄膜间溅射一层TaN阻挡层,测试不同N气分压及热处理温度下Cu/TaN/SiO2/Si薄膜的显微结构和电阻特性.同时利用微细加工技术加工了镂空的Cu互连叉指测试结构,研究了TaN薄膜在镂空的铜互连结构中的扩散阻挡性能.结果发现,在退火温度不超过400 ℃时,薄膜电阻率均低于80μΩ·cm,而当溅射N分压超过10%,退火温度超过400℃时,薄膜电阻率很快上升.低N气分压下(≤10%)溅射时,即使退火温度达到600 ℃,薄膜电阻基本不变.     

不同气氛保护下退火制备的CuO/SiO2复合薄膜微观结构分析

采用射频磁控共溅射法在Si(111)衬底上沉积Cu/SiO2复合薄膜.然后在N2和NH3保护下高温退火,再于空气中自然冷却氧化,制备出CuO结构,并对其微观结构进行分析.N2保护下退火温度为1100℃时样品中主晶相为立方晶系的CuO(200)晶面,薄膜样品表面出现纳米线状结构,表面组分主要包括Cu,O元素,冷却氧化形成CuO/SiO2复合薄膜.NH3气氛保护下退火,随着退火温度的升高,CuO由单斜晶相逐渐转变为立方晶相,CuO薄膜结晶质量提高.样品于900℃和1100℃退火后,形成有序散落的微米级颗粒,前者由粒状团簇组成,颗粒表面比较粗糙;后者由片融状小颗粒融合而成,颗粒表面比较光滑.     

不同气氛保护下退火制备的CuO/SiO2复合薄膜微观结构分析

采用射频磁控共溅射法在Si (111)衬底上沉积Cu/SiO2 复合薄膜,然后在N2和NH3保护下高温退火,再于空气中自然冷却氧化,制备出CuO结构,并对其微观结构进行分析. N2保护下退火温度为1100℃时样品中主晶相为立方晶系的CuO (200）晶面,薄膜样品表面出现纳米线状结构,表面组分主要包括Cu,O元素,冷却氧化形成CuO/SiO2复合薄膜. NH3气氛保护下退火,随着退火温度的升高,CuO由单斜晶相逐渐转变为立方晶相,CuO薄膜结晶质量提高. 样品于900℃和1100℃退火后,形成有序散落的微米级颗粒,前者由粒状团簇组成,颗粒表面比较粗糙;后者由片融状小颗粒融合而成,颗粒表面比较光滑.     

不同氮氩比制备的W-Si-N薄膜的阻挡特性研究

研究了薄膜沉积条件之一——氮气和氩气流量比对超薄(10nm)W-Si-N薄膜作为铜扩散阻挡层的阻挡特性的影响。用薄层电阻、俄歇电子能谱(AES)、X射线衍射谱(XRD)、电容-电压(C-V)等方法系统研究了氮氩比对W-Si-N、Cu/W-Si-N/Si以及Cu/W-Si-N/SiO2/Si结构的热稳定性、电学稳定性的影响。实验发现,W-Si-N薄膜中氮含量对材料的阻挡特性起重要作用,高的氮氩比使薄膜中氮含量增高,薄膜对Cu的扩散阻挡特性增强。     

PECVD制备纳米晶多晶硅薄膜

以Si(100)为衬底,采用磁控溅射和射频等离子体增强化学气相沉积系统制备了Si(100)/Al膜/非晶Si膜结构的样品。对该样品进行Al诱导真空退火以制备多晶硅薄膜,采用X射线衍射仪(XRD)和AFM分析薄膜微结构及表面形貌。实验结果表明,在经过500℃、550℃Al诱导退火后,形成了择优取向为〈111〉晶向的多晶硅薄膜。AFM给出了550℃退火后薄膜表面形貌,为100～200nm大小的圆丘状硅晶粒,密集排列在薄膜表面;并对Al诱导真空退火晶化的机理进行了分析。     

多靶磁控共溅射纳米Ta-Al-N薄膜的阻挡性能研究

采用磁控反应共溅射方法制备了纳米Ta-Al-N薄膜,并原位制备了Cu/Ta-Al-N薄膜,对薄膜进行了热处理。用四探针测试仪、X射线衍射仪(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)、原子力显微镜(AFM)以及台阶仪等研究了退火对薄膜结构及阻挡性能的影响。结果表明,Ta-Al-N薄膜具有优良的热稳定性,保持非晶态且能对Cu有效阻挡的温度可达800°C;同时发现在900°C退火5 min后,薄膜开始晶化,在Cu/Ta-Al-N/Si界面处生成了Cu3Si等相,表明此时Ta-Al-N薄膜阻挡层开始失效。     

超薄W-Si-N作为铜与硅之间的扩散阻挡层

研究了W- Si- N三元化合物对铜的扩散阻挡特性.在Si ( 10 0 )衬底上用离子束溅射方法淀积W- Si- N ,Cu/W- Si- N薄膜,样品经过高纯氮气保护下的快速热退火,用俄歇电子能谱原子深度分布与X射线衍射以及电流-电压特性测试等方法研究了W- Si- N薄层的热稳定性与对铜的阻挡特性.实验分析表明W- Si- N三元化合物具有较佳的热稳定性,在80 0℃仍保持非晶态,当W- Si- N薄层的厚度仅为6nm时,仍能有效地阻挡铜扩散     

Morphological and electrical characterization of SixCryCzBv thin films

Si_xCr_yC_zB_v thin films with several compositions have been studied for integration of high precision resistors in 0.8 μm BICMOS technology. These resistors, integrated in the back-end of line, have the advantage to provide high level of integration and attractive electrical behavior in temperature, for analog devices. The film morphology and the structure have been investigated through transmission electron microscopy analysis and have been then related to the electrical properties on the base of the percolation theory. According to this theory, and in agreement with experimental results, negative thermal coefficient of resistance (TCR) has been obtained for samples with low Cr content, corresponding to a crystalline volume fraction below the percolation threshold.Samples with higher Cr content exhibit, instead, a variation of the TCR as a function of film thickness: negative TCR values are obtained for thickness lower than 5 nm, corresponding to a crystalline volume fraction below the percolation threshold; positive TCR are obtained for larger thickness, indicating the establishment of a continuous conductive path between the Cr rich grains. This property seems to be determinant in order to assure the possibility to obtain thin film resistors almost independent on the temperature.     

Thermoelectric Properties of Triple-Filled BaxYbyInzCo4Sb12 Skutterudites

Indium-filled skutterudites are promising power generation thermoelectric materials due to the presence of an InSb nanostructure that lowers the thermal conductivity. In this work, we have investigated thermoelectric properties of triple-filled Ba _x Yb _y In _z Co₄Sb₁₂ (0 ≤ x, y, z ≤ 0.14 actual) compounds by measuring their Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and Hall coefficient. All samples were prepared by a melting–annealing–spark plasma sintering method, and their structure was characterized by x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). TEM results show the development of an InSb nanostructure with a grain size of 30 nm to 500 nm. The nanostructure is present in all samples containing In and is also detected by specific heat measurements. The Seebeck and Hall coefficients indicate that the compounds are n-type semiconductors. Electrical conductivity increases with increasing Ba content. Thermal conductivity is strongly suppressed upon the presence of In in the skutterudite structure, likely due to enhanced boundary scattering of phonons on the nanometer-scale InSb inclusions. The highest thermoelectric figure of merit is achieved with Ba_0.09Yb_0.07In_0.06Co₄Sb_11.97, reaching ZT = 1.25 at 800 K.     

Broadband microwave noise characteristics of high-linearity composite-channel Al/sub 0.3/Ga/sub 0.7/N/Al/sub 0.05/Ga/sub 0.95/N/GaN HEMTs

We report broadband microwave noise characteristics of a high-linearity composite-channel HEMT (CC-HEMT). Owing to the novel composite-channel design, the CC-HEMT exhibits high gain and high linearity such as an output third-order intercept point (OIP3) of 33.2 dBm at 2 GHz. The CC-HEMT also exhibits excellent microwave noise performance. For 1-/spl mu/m gate-length devices, a minimum noise figure (NF/sub min/) of 0.7 dB and an associated gain (G/sub a/) of 19 dB were observed at 1 GHz, and an (NF/sub mi/) of 3.3 dB and a G/sub a/ of 10.8 dB were observed at 10 GHz. The dependence of the noise characteristics on the physical design parameters, such as the gate-source and gate-drain spacing, is also presented.     

Effect of Mg doping on the superconducting properties of Cu/sub 1-x/Tl/sub x/Ba/sub 2/Ca/sub 3-y/Mg/sub y/Cu/sub 4/O/sub 12-/spl delta//

Superconducting properties of Cu/sub 1-x/Tl/sub x/Ba/sub 2/Ca/sub 3-y/Mg/sub y/Cu/sub 4/O/sub 12-/spl delta// (Cu/sub 1-x/Tl/sub x/Mg/sub y/-1234) material have been studied in the composition range y=0,1.5,2.25. The zero resistivity critical temperature [T/sub c/(R=0)] was found to increase with the increased concentration of Mg in the unit cell; for y=1.5 [T/sub c/(R=0)]=131 K was achieved which is hitherto highest in Cu/sub 1-x/Tl/sub x/-based superconductors. The X-ray diffraction analyses have shown the formation of a predominant single phase of Cu/sub 0.5/Tl/sub 0.5/Ba/sub 2/Ca/sub 3-y/Mg/sub y/Cu/sub 4/O/sub 12-/spl delta// superconductor with an inclusion of impurity phase. It is observed from the convex shape of the resistivity versus temperature measurements that our as-prepared material was in the region of carrier over-doping, and the number of carriers was optimized by postannealing experiments in air at 400/spl deg/C, 500/spl deg/C, and 600/spl deg/C. The T/sub c/(R=0) was found to increase with postannealing and the best postannealing temperature was found to be 600/spl deg/C. The mechanism of increased T/sub c/(R=0) is understood by carrying out infrared absorption measurements. It was observed through softening of Cu(2)-O/sub A/-Tl apical oxygen mode that improved interplane coupling was a possible source of enhancement of T/sub c/(R=0) to 131 K.     

Electrical behavior of double heterojunction NpNGaAlAs/GaAs/GaAlAs bipolr transistors

This paper deals with a theoretical and experimental study of double heterojunction NpN GaAlAs/GaAs/GaAlAs bipolar transistors fabricated by liquid phase epitaxy. Starting from the general transport equations of the macroscopic theory of diffusion, a charge-control-type model is first established. The compact analytical expressions which determine the transfer characteristics (J_C′V_BE) and intrinsic current gain $\text{h}{}_{\mathrm{FE}}{}^1$ are expressed as a function of the technological or geometrical parameters of the structure. A study of the sensitivity to these parameters highlights in particular the influence of the zone including the conduction band spike of the base collector heterojunction. Such an influence may assume the form of a substantial degradation of the device's electrical characteristics (reduction of the base transfer factor, increase in transit time). The experimental behavior observed on characterized devices confirms the theoretical predictions.     

Current-voltage characteristics of GaAs p-i-n and n-i-n diodes

Using the same basic equations as Kazarinov et al.[2], but assuming that the product of the electron drift velocity and of the electron lifetime remains constant, we have derived a new formula for the forward d.c. current—voltage characteristic distinguished by the saturated voltage. We have shown that this formula can describe the measured characteristics of some GaAs p-i-n and n-i-n diodes.     

Pseudomorphic In/sub 0.52/Al/sub 0.48/As/In/sub 0.7/Ga/sub 0.3/As HEMTs with an ultrahigh f/sub T/ of 562 GHz

We fabricated decananometer-gate pseudomorphic In/sub 0.52/Al/sub 0.48/As/In/sub 0.7/Ga/sub 0.3/As high-electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) with a very short gate-channel distance. We obtained a cutoff frequency f/sub T/ of 562 GHz for a 25-nm-gate HEMT. This f/sub T/ is the highest value ever reported for any transistor. The ultrahigh f/sub T/ of our HEMT can be explained by an enhanced electron velocity under the gate, which was a result of reducing the gate-channel distance.     

Ta/NiFe/Cu/NiFe/FeMn/Ta自旋阀多层膜的X射线光电子能谱的研究

实验表明：Ta／NiFe／FeMn／Ta多层膜的交换耦合场(Hex)要大于Ta／NiFe／Cu／NiFe／FeMn／Ta自旋阀多层膜中的以Hex。为了寻找其原因，用X射线光电子能谱(XPS)研究了Ta(12nm)／NiFe(7nm)，Ta(12nm)／NiFe(7nm))／Cu(4nm)和Ta(12nm)／NiFe(7nm)／Cu(3nm)／NiFe(5nm)3种样品，研究结果表明，前两种样品表面无任何来自下层的元素偏聚；但在第3种样品最上层的NiFe表面上，探测到从下层偏聚上来的Cu原子。我们认为：Cu在NiFe／FeMn层间的存在是Ta／NiFe／Cu／NiFe／FeMn／Ta自旋阀多层膜的Hex低于Ta／NiFe／FeMn／Ta多层膜Hex的一个重要原因。     

The C-V-f and G/ω-V-f characteristics of Al/SiO2/p-Si (MIS) structures

The frequency dependence of capacitance-voltage (C-V) and conductance-voltage (G/ω-V) characteristics of the Al/SiO₂/p-Si metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) structures has been investigated taking into account the effect of the series resistance (R_s) and interface states (N_ss) at room temperature. The C-V and G/ω-V measurements have been carried out in the frequency range of 1 kHz to 1 MHz. The frequency dispersion in capacitance and conductance can be interpreted only in terms of interface states and series resistance. The N_ss can follow the ac signal and yield an excess capacitance especially at low frequencies. In low frequencies, the values of measured C and G/ω decrease in depletion and accumulation regions with increasing frequencies due to a continuous density distribution of interface states. The C-V plots exhibit anomalous peaks due to the N_ss and R_s effect. It has been experimentally determined that the peak positions in the C-V plot shift towards lower voltages and the peak value of the capacitance decreases with increasing frequency. The effect of series resistance on the capacitance is found appreciable at higher frequencies due to the interface state capacitance decreasing with increasing frequency. In addition, the high-frequency capacitance (C_m) and conductance (G_m/ω) values measured under both reverse and forward bias were corrected for the effect of series resistance to obtain the real diode capacitance. Experimental results show that the locations of N_ss and R_s have a significant effect on electrical characteristics of MIS structures.     

Analytical solution of the state-dependent Erlangian queue: M/Ej/1/N with balking

The objective of this paper is to derive the analytical solution of the truncated single-channel Erlangian queue M/E_j/1/N with balking and state-dependent service rate. The researcher deduces p_ns the probability of n units in the system (n = 1, 2, 3,…, N) and the customer in service being in phase backwards, i.e. j is the first phase of service and 1 is the last (a customer leaving phase 1 actually leaves the system). p₀ is the probability of an empty system by using the iterative method. At the end of this paper some special cases are obtained.